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Martin Wilhelm Mamber Veröffentlicht 02 Jan 2012 von apearce78746 MARTIN WILHELM MAMBER (son of Paul Mambrecht) was christened on 4/17/1640 at Hechlingen, Germany (Source: Helen Hinchliff). He married Margaretha (--?--) circa 1680 at Hechlingen, Germany. He died before 6/18/1709 (Based in information Johann Jakob's marriage that he was a "surviving son" of Martin Mannber; also Martin is called a "former citizen"). I can't tell you much about Martin Mamber because the Hechlingen Kirkenbuch has significant gaps in it. But I have an article on page 1 of the File Cabinet called "0Hechlingen" which tells you about how I found Hechlingen. --Helen Hinchliff - Jun 23, 2002 According to marriage record for Veit he was "Subject of the illustrious Oettingen in Hechlingen". - Ochsenbach Kirkenbuch. He was "Maurer" - mason or builder Source: Helen H. NOTE: Hechlingen was listed as a village of about 750 inhabitants, located 19 kilometers east of Ottingen in Bayern in the Oberamt of Nordlingen in Mittelfranken, an area in northern Bavaria 48 58' 47.18"N 10 43' 42.87"E. Now called Hecklingen am See. NOTE:In marriage of his son Johann Jacob he is described as thus: "MartinMannber ____ gewesenen Burgers ___ hochfurstlich Onolzbachishen Flechen Hechlingen". Martin lived at Hechlingen which was under Onolzbachischer Herrschaft, a line of the Brandenburg-Ansbach dynasty. -- Ochsenbach Kirkenbuch: in 1709. Children of Martin Wilhelm Mamber and Margaretha (--?--) both born at Hecklingen, Germany, were as follows: i. JOHANN JAKOB was born on 8/24/1681 (Source: Helen). He married Maria Catharina Wolff, daughter of Michael Wolf and Anna Maria Kurtz, on 6/18/1709 at Ochsenbach,,, Germany. He died on 12/22/1729 at Ochesenbach, Germany, at age 48. ii. VEIT. MARGARETHA (--?--) married Martin Wilhelm Mamber, son of Paul Mambrecht, circa 1680 at Hechlingen, Germany. She died after 1722 at prob. Ochsenbach, Germany. NOTE: Listed on the "Weiberzeche" list as receiving 1 piece of breadand 2 glasses of wine. This was day for wives and widows to go to Rathaus and get these items free. She must have moved to Ochsenbach to be with the boys after her husband died: on 2/22/1722.

The German Origins of Michael Mumper of Ochsenbach and York County, Pennsylvania Veröffentlicht 18 März 2008 von david mumper (reprinted with permission from Tracing the Mumper Trail 3: Climbingthe Family Tree (c) 1989 by Helen Hinchliff, Ph.D.) Michael Mumper, who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1751, was baptisedin the village of Ochsenbach in the Duchy of Wurttemberg 23 January 1724. His last name was usually written "Mannber" in the Ochsenbach church records, but when he came to America, it evolved from "Mannber"to "Mamber" to "Mumper." When I refer to his family name in Germany,the name "Mamber" will be used because that is the way the name is spelled in Ochsenbach today. His father, Hans Jacob Mamber, who married Maria Catharina Wolff 18 June 1709 in Ochsenbach, was not an Ochsenbacher by birth. The Ochsenbach marriage record showed that his home village was "Bachlingen" inthe Margravate of Onolzbach. (A German margrave was similar in status to a French count or an English earl). Onolzbach is the former name for the Margravate of Ansbach. Today, all that remains of this political entity is the city of Ansbach which is located about 37 kilometers southwest of Nuremberg in Bavaria. In the 17th century the Margravate of Ansbach, which was controlled by the Hohenzollern family, included the surrounding area and, for a time, was associated with Beyreuth and Brandenburg. (It should be noted that for much of its history there was no Germany as such. Instead, it was a conglomeration of small, often warring states called duchies, margravates, principalities, imperial free cities, and bishoprics.) Finding the correct village in what is now Bavaria was difficult, because the name "Bachlingen" was an error. To correctly identify Hans Jacob's home village, I researched the marriage records for his brother Veit and for his possible cousin Hans Georg Mamber, both of whom married in Ochsenbach. Veit's marriage record said that he was from Hechlingen (no margravate given) and Hans Georg's record said that he was from "Hochlingen" in the margravate of Brandenburg/Onolzbach. The reference to Brandenburg put me off temporarily until I learned that the Hohenzolerns acquired it in 1411. In a Gazeteer for the German State of Bavaria I found a reference toHechlingen, a village about 50 kilometers southeast of the city of Ansbach. This is an area of Germany known as Mittelfranken or Central Franconia. I wrote to the village pastor asking for a birth record for Hans Jacob Mamber, whom I had reckoned from his age at death to have been born in 1681. Hans Jacob, the son of Martin Mamber, was baptised in Hechlingen on 4 August 1681. The pastor reported that the name "Mamber" occurs frequently in the church records. Hechlingen: The Earliest Known Village of the Mamber Family, by Helen Hinchliff Veröffentlicht 22 Sept 2008 von davidmumper Hechlingen: The Earliest Known Village of the Mamber Family* © by Helen Hinchliff, Ph.D., 1990, 2000 Certified Genealogist Mumper family researchers interested in discovering the villagein which Michael Mumper's father, Johann Jacob Mamber, was born haveencountered a major problem. The Ochsenbach church register reports his birthplace as Bachlingen, a village in a larger area called Onolzbach. Neither of these place names exists in modern Germany; nevertheless, I was able to identify Johann Jacob Mamber’s place of birth. This paper describes the process the author used to find it. Trying to Identify the Village Georg Michael Mannber/Mamber/Mumper was born in Ochsenbach and was baptized there on 23 January 1724.1 He was the son of Johann Jacob Mannber and Maria Catharina Wolff, who were married in Ochsenbach 18 June 1709. Their marriage record reports that Johann Jacob was the son of Martin Mannber from the "Hostfurst­lichen Onolzbachischen amtei Bachlingen" [the village of Bach­lingen in the Margravate of Onolzbach].2 That seems to be a straightforward placename, but what and where could this place be? A wide variety of historical and modern German maps were consulted, and none showed the Margravate of Onolzbach. Moreover, several standard German encyclopaedias did not carry an entry for it.3 Setting Onolzbach aside temporarily, the location of a village or town named Bachlingen was next attempted. The Deutscher Gen­eralatlas 4includes every village in Germany, but no place called Bachlingen could be found in its index; however, it lists Bäch­lingen, near the town of Langenberg, about 70 kilometers north­east of Ochsenbach. It isunlikely that a parish clerk would have omitted the umlaut from the village name‑‑thus changing its pronunciation to something approximating “Bechlingen”; however, Bächlingen seemed a plausible place of origin for Johann Jacob Mannber in terms of distance. The locality indexof Morman Church Family History Library led to a microfilmed copy ofthe Bächlingen parish records, but a thorough review of the entire roll revealed that no Mannbers or Mambers had ever been baptized, married, or buried there.5 Studying Collateral Relatives Sooner or later every genealogist learns the importance of study­ingcollateral relatives, because it is sometimes the case that the records of brothers, sisters and cousins are fuller or more accurate thanis the record on one's immediate ancestor. This is as true with German records as it is with those in English. They may be more time‑consuming and difficult to locate and read in a language with which one is not familiar; nevertheless, collateral ancestors should be researched. In this case, they provided the key to solving the puzzle. A detailed review of the Ochsenbach baptism, marriage and burial records was done. Marriage records for Johann Jacob Mannber's brother, Veit, and a probable cousin, Johann Jerg, were located. These providedadditional, although initially confusing informa­tion. Johann Jerg, the son of Johann Michael Mannber, married 26 January 1712 Anna Margaretha, the daughter of Johann Kohler; Johann Jerg Mannber was reported to have come from Hochlingen in the "Brandenburgisch‑Onolzbachischer Herrschaft."6 Veit Mannber, the son of Martin Mannber, married Anna Regina Neffert (sp?) 23 October 1717 and was reported to have comefrom Hechlingen (no larger political entity given).7 Having three different village names did not seem at first to advance the cause. Nevertheless, like his possible cousin Johann Jacob Mannber, Johann Jerg Mann­ber had come from the larger entity of Onolzbach, but in his case it was somehow associated with Brandenburg, a margravate in the northern part of Germany. The identification of this place called Onolzbach had now become critical. Learning Some German History Continued search for maps in the collection of the University of Victoria in British Columbia was fruitless; however, a break­through came when "Onolzbach" was sought in the 11th edition of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Although it contained no entry as such, the name appeared in the index, cross‑referenced to Ans­bach. Under that entry it was reported that Onolzbach was the original name of the Margravate ofAnsbach, located in Mittel­franken; it was transferred to Bavaria byNapoleon in 1806.8 A thorough review of the encyclopaedia's series of historical maps of Germany showed no margravate called Onolzbach; the earliest one to include the specific area in question‑‑dated 1547‑‑identi­fied it as Ansbach, so it appears that the name "Onolzbach" is quite old.9 To add confusion, Brandenburg was considerably to the north of Ansbach, then as now. No standard English reference could befound to explain a connec­tion between Ansbach and Brandenburg; however, the Brockhaus Enzyklopaedie reported that Ansbach‑Bayreuth was aformer Fran­conian principality in the possession of the Hohenzollerns since 1251. In 1411 they added the Margravate of Brandenburg to their holdings.10 (That the Mannbers would have referred to their place of birth in historically and politically sophisticated terms suggests that they may have been educated.) Identification of Hechlingen At the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, considerable progress was made in locating the right village. There, Trudy Shenk, accredited researcher and one of the compilers of the Wuerttemberg Emigration Index,11 agreed to review the marriage records of Johann Jacob, Johann Jerg, and Veit Mannber and to assist in identifying their varying birth places. She verified the place names noted above as having been accurately transcribed and concluded that the parish clerk must have had no clear idea of the origin of the three young men. As Onolzbach was common as a place of origin to two of the men, since it was the former name for Ansbach, and since Ansbach is located in what is now Bavaria, Ms. Shenk suggested a search in the Ortschaften‑Vereichnis für den Freistaat Bayern, a gazeteer for Bavaria listing every vill­age and hamlet. No Hochlingen or Bachlingen was found, but Hechlingen was listed as a village of about 750 inhabitants, located 19 kilometers east of Ottingen in the Oberamt of Nord­lingen in Mittelfranken, an area in northern Bavaria.12 Finding the Records Unfortunately, the FHL collection does not include a microfilmed record of the Hechlingen parish records. As a substitute Ms. Shenk suggested the Brenner collection, a microfilmed series of family group sheets and other materials extracted from 97 parish registers in the Franconian area of Ansbach‑Bayreuth. The Hech­lingen parish records had not been extracted, but a quick review of the alphabetized names yielded the finding that the name Mamber/Mambar occurs in Mittelfranken.13 Further support for this notion came from a search of the FHL family registry index. One researcher reported that she was seeking information on an Apollonia Mannbahr, 1758‑1804, from Merkendorf, a town about 17 kilometers southeast of the city of Ansbach.14 Writing to Germany Michael Palmer, Research Director of the German Genealogical Societyof America, provided addresses for institutions or people to whom towrite: the Geselleschaft für Familienforschung im Franken [the Franconian Genealogical Society],15 the Pfarramt [pastorate] of Hechlingen,16 and E. Mambar, a possible relative, living in nearby Hohentrüdingen, about two kilometers from Hech­lingen.17 Letters were drafted‑‑and translated into German‑‑directed to each of the three. Replies were soon forthcoming. 1. The Possible Relative. The letter to E. Mambar included the names of the three Mannber men, their fathers, and their likely birthdates; in addition, the possibility of a relationship was suggested. Within three weeks Frau Emma Mambar replied, sending an elaborately detailed Stammbaum [family tree] which contained many of the same Christian names found in the Mannber family of Ochsenbach. She reported one striking coincidence: a Georg Michael Mamber, who was a baker, hadalso emigrated to America‑‑about 100 years after the author's identically named ancestor‑‑and had later returned home.18 Unfortunately, her family tree did not go back quite far enough to allow for a link in the two families, although it seems plausible that one could be found given adequate records. 2. The Genealogical Society. The letter directed to the genealogical society in Nürnberg gave the same information on the three Mannbers of Ochsenbach and requested the name of a member who would be able, on commission, to prepare a paper explaining the history of the period involved and to be able to offer a good reason for the emigration of the three young men to Ochsenbach. It was noted that confirmation of the hypothesis that the young men had come from Hechlingen was being sought from the Pfarrer, but that their origin was almost certain. Within about eight weeks a reply arrived recommending a particular genealogist and providing a reason for the move: We cannot explain why this family in the Margravate of Ansbach emigrated to Ochsenbach. If, however, your ancestor was a forestry assistant, the reason for emi­grating might have been that Duke Eberhard IIIof Wurt­temberg erected a hunting castle and animal preserve [which is located very close to Ochsenbach]. The ruling houses of Württemberg and Brandenburg‑Ansbach repeatedly intermarried and exchanged employees back and forth.19 This was an interesting piece of news because Veit Mannber's occupation at the time of the baptism of his children was Mayor [supervisor]of the Duke's Tiergarten, [forestry preserve].20 3. The Pastor. A letter was sent to the pastor giving the names of the three men and requesting their baptismal records. To aid his search, their fathers' names, and their probable baptis­mal dates were also given. These dates were based on the ages given at death ofJohann Jacob and Johann Jerg; Veit's death record had not yet been located, but based on his later marriage date, it was suggested that he might have been slightly younger than Johann Jacob.21 After four months photocopies of the baptismal records for all threeboys were received, Johann Jacob Mamber, the son of Martin and Margaretha (‑?‑), was baptized 24 August 1681, and his brot­her Veit was baptized 21 August 1683. Johann Georg Mamber, the son of Hanns Michaeland Apollonia (‑?‑) Mamber, was baptized on 3 October 1681. Their surname was spelled Mamber and not Mannber as the Ochsenbach parish register had incorrectly recorded it for over 100 years. The pastor volunteered the interesting inform­ation that the name "Mamber" was common in the Kirchenbuch records of the 17th century. Follow‑up Herr Georg Fick, of Ansbach and a member of the Franconian Genea­logical Society, has since researched the Hechlingen Kirchenbuch and hastraced the family to 1621, as far back as the records go. He reconstructed the family of Martin and Margaretha (‑?‑) Mam­ber, showing that Johann Jacob and Veit were the fourth and fifth of eight children and reported that Martin had been a Maurer (mason). Herr Fick discovered that he had been baptized Martin Wilhelm, the son of Paul and ‑?‑(‑?‑) Mambrecht, 17 April 1640, the earliest variant spelling. Unfortunately, most of the bap­tisms for that time period were missing, soHerr Fick was unable to reconstruct the family of Paul Mambrecht. Finally, he re­ported on all other Mamber families located in the records between 1621 and 1700.22 Herr Fick also forwarded a tourist pamphlet on Ansbach, which reported that the city was formerly named Onolzbach and was first mentionedas a municipality in 1221, whether as "Ansbach" or as "Onolzbach" the brochure did not make clear.23 In 1990, my husband and I visited Hechlingen and the surrounding area. It is a much larger village than Ochsenbach and was perhaps also larger in the early 18th century when the Mambers emigrated from there. It seems likely that Ochsenbach, which was very poor in the early to mid 18th century, had suffered a population loss and that there were opportunities there for the Mambers. Notes and References *This paper is adapted from Helen Hinchliff, “Using Collateral Relatives to Locate a 17th-Century German Ancestor,” German Genealogical Society Bulletin 4 (Jan. Feb. 1990), 7-11. Helen Hinchliff is an eighth-generation descendant of Michael Mumper who, between 1983 and 1989, identified many of Michael Mumper’s descendants to the eighth generation. Information in this biography may be used in for private research and should be attributed to Helen. For further information, conta 1. Evangelische Kirche, Ochsenbach Birth Records, 1558‑1740. FHL 1184602. 2. Ibid. Ochsenbach Marriage Records, 1564‑1740. 3. Brockhaus Enzyklopaedie, 20 vols., 1966; Myers Enzyklo­paedisches Lexicon, 25 vols., 1971; Das Bertlesmann Lexicon, 7 vols, 1966; Der Grosse Herder, 9 vols, 1957. 4. Deutscher Generalatlas, (Stuttgart: Mairs Geographischer Verlag,1967). 5. Evangelische Kirche, Bachlingen, Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records, 1586‑1800, FHL 1340112. 6. Ochsenbach Marriage Records, 1564‑1740, FHL 1184602. 7. Ibid. 8. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed., s.v. "Ansbach." 9. Ibid., s.v. "Germany." 10. Brockhaus Enzyklopaedie, 1966 ed., s.v. "Ansbach." 11. Trudy Shenk and Ruth Froelke, comps. The Wuerttemberg Emigration Index, 5 vols. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1987). Although this index should be consulted for 19th century emigrants from Wurttemberg, it may provide clues for 18th century emigrants with rare or unusual names. Christina Mamber emigrated from Ochsenbach in January 1855 to North America at age 25 (I:126). The only Mamber in the index, she was a great grand­niece of Georg Michael Mannber/ Mamber/Mumper, who emigrated from the same village in 1751. 12. Ortschaften‑Verzeichnis für den Freistaat Bayern, nach der Volkszahlung vom 16 Juni 1925 und dem Gebietsstand vom 1. Januar 1928, Heft 109, der Beitrage zur Statistik Bayerns, p. 1240. 13. Tobias Brenner, "Brenner Collection of Genealogical Records of Mittelfranken, Bayern, Germany." 764 microfilm reels. FHL 541918. 14. Isolde Nishino, 25400 Village Road, Hemet, CA, 92344, (714) 658‑9211. "Manbahr" is a variant spelling of Mannber/Mam­ber/Mumper andwas the first recorded spelling of the Mumper family in America, when Christina, the daughter of Michael and Margaretha Manbahr was baptized in York County, Pa., 19 Aug. 1760. Henry James Young, trans. "The Union Register of the Lower Bermudian Church in Huntington (now Latimore) Township [York, now Adams County], 1745‑1864," (manuscript: Adams County Historical Society, Gettysburg), 6 (no. 108). 15. Geselleschaft für Familienforschung im Franken, Archiv­strasse 17, D‑8500 Nurnberg 10, Federal Republic of Germany. 16. Evang.‑Luth. Pfarramt Hechlingen, Kirchenstrasse 4, 8824 Hechlingen am See, Federal Republic of Germany. 17. E. Mambar, Obere Zeil 1, Hohentrudingen, D8824 Heiden­heim, Federal Republic of Germany. 18. This immigrant was easily located in a list of 19th century German immigrants. Michael Mammbar emigrated from Ham­burg to New York, arriving 21 May 1851, was 32 years old, and his occupation was baker. Ira A. Glazer and P. William Filby, eds. Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, 1850‑1855, 7 vols. (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1988, I:515. 19. Letter of Herr Bullemer to Helen Hinchliff, 27 Jan. 1989. 20. Ochsenbach, Baptism Records, 1558‑1740. Veit Mannber had children baptized on the following dates: 13 July 1719, 21 September 1720, 21 May 1722, 2 May 1724, 17 May 1727, and 15 June 1729. The first entry of an occupation for him was as "Mayor" of the "Tiergarten") in 1727. 21. Hans Jacob Mannber died 22 Dec. 1729, aged 48 years, 18 weeks, and 4 days; Ochsenbach, Death Records, 1650‑1740; Hans Jerg Mannber died 22 Nov. 1748, aged 67 years, and seven weeks. Ibid., 1740‑1795.A birth year of 1681 could be estimated for both men. 22. Report of Herr Fick to Helen Hinchliff, 25 July 1989. In his report Herr Fick noted the following major gaps in the records: (1) theearliest baptismal record in the Kirchenbuch was 1621, but the baptisms for 1633‑1637 and 1641 to 1660 were miss­ing (consequently, it was not possible to reconstruct the sib­lings of Martim Wilhelm Mambrecht/Mamber); (2) marriage records prior to 1693 were missing (consequently, it was not possible to find the marriage record of Martin Wilhelm and his wife Margar­etha, or of Martin Wilhelm's father Paul and his unnamed wife); and (3) the death records began in 1621, but thosebetween 1633 and 1719 were missing (consequently, it was not possible to affix death dates for Paul, his wife, nor of Martin Wilhelm andhis wife Margaretha). 23. "Ansbach Information," Municipal Tourist Office, Ans­bach, 1984. Hechlingen: The Earliest Known Village of the Mamber Family, by Helen Hinchliff Veröffentlicht 06 Feb 2016 von kmumper1 Hechlingen: The Earliest Known Village of the Mamber Family* by © by Helen Hinchliff, Ph.D., 1990, 2000 Certified Genealogist Mumper family researchers interested in discovering the villagein which Michael Mumper's father, Johann Jacob Mamber, was born haveencountered a major problem. The Ochsenbach church register reports his birthplace as Bachlingen, a village in a larger area called Onolzbach. Neither of these place names exists in modern Germany; nevertheless, I was able to identify Johann Jacob Mamber’s place of birth. This paper describes the process the author used to find it. Trying to Identify the Village Georg Michael Mannber/Mamber/Mumper was born in Ochsenbach and was baptized there on 23 January 1724.1 He was the son of Johann Jacob Mannber and Maria Catharina Wolff, who were married in Ochsenbach 18 June 1709. Their marriage record reports that Johann Jacob was the son of Martin Mannber from the "Hostfurst­lichen Onolzbachischen amtei Bachlingen" [the village of Bach­lingen in the Margravate of Onolzbach].2 That seems to be a straightforward placename, but what and where could this place be? A wide variety of historical and modern German maps were consulted, and none showed the Margravate of Onolzbach. Moreover, several standard German encyclopaedias did not carry an entry for it.3 Setting Onolzbach aside temporarily, the location of a village or town named Bachlingen was next attempted. The Deutscher Gen­eralatlas 4includes every village in Germany, but no place called Bachlingen could be found in its index; however, it lists Bäch­lingen, near the town of Langenberg, about 70 kilometers north­east of Ochsenbach. It isunlikely that a parish clerk would have omitted the umlaut from the village name‑‑thus changing its pronunciation to something approximating “Bechlingen”; however, Bächlingen seemed a plausible place of origin for Johann Jacob Mannber in terms of distance. The locality indexof Morman Church Family History Library led to a microfilmed copy ofthe Bächlingen parish records, but a thorough review of the entire roll revealed that no Mannbers or Mambers had ever been baptized, married, or buried there.5 Studying Collateral Relatives Sooner or later every genealogist learns the importance of study­ingcollateral relatives, because it is sometimes the case that the records of brothers, sisters and cousins are fuller or more accurate thanis the record on one's immediate ancestor. This is as true with German records as it is with those in English. They may be more time‑consuming and difficult to locate and read in a language with which one is not familiar; nevertheless, collateral ancestors should be researched. In this case, they provided the key to solving the puzzle. A detailed review of the Ochsenbach baptism, marriage and burial records was done. Marriage records for Johann Jacob Mannber's brother, Veit, and a probable cousin, Johann Jerg, were located. These providedadditional, although initially confusing informa­tion. Johann Jerg, the son of Johann Michael Mannber, married 26 January 1712 Anna Margaretha, the daughter of Johann Kohler; Johann Jerg Mannber was reported to have come from Hochlingen in the "Brandenburgisch‑Onolzbachischer Herrschaft."6 Veit Mannber, the son of Martin Mannber, married Anna Regina Neffert (sp?) 23 October 1717 and was reported to have comefrom Hechlingen (no larger political entity given).7 Having three different village names did not seem at first to advance the cause. Nevertheless, like his possible cousin Johann Jacob Mannber, Johann Jerg Mann­ber had come from the larger entity of Onolzbach, but in his case it was somehow associated with Brandenburg, a margravate in the northern part of Germany. The identification of this place called Onolzbach had now become critical. Learning Some German History Continued search for maps in the collection of the University of Victoria in British Columbia was fruitless; however, a break­through came when "Onolzbach" was sought in the 11th edition of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Although it contained no entry as such, the name appeared in the index, cross‑referenced to Ans­bach. Under that entry it was reported that Onolzbach was the original name of the Margravate ofAnsbach, located in Mittel­franken; it was transferred to Bavaria byNapoleon in 1806.8 A thorough review of the encyclopaedia's series of historical maps of Germany showed no margravate called Onolzbach; the earliest one to include the specific area in question‑‑dated 1547‑‑identi­fied it as Ansbach, so it appears that the name "Onolzbach" is quite old.9 To add confusion, Brandenburg was considerably to the north of Ansbach, then as now. No standard English reference could befound to explain a connec­tion between Ansbach and Brandenburg; however, the Brockhaus Enzyklopaedie reported that Ansbach‑Bayreuth was aformer Fran­conian principality in the possession of the Hohenzollerns since 1251. In 1411 they added the Margravate of Brandenburg to their holdings.10 (That the Mannbers would have referred to their place of birth in historically and politically sophisticated terms suggests that they may have been educated.) Identification of Hechlingen At the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, considerable progress was made in locating the right village. There, Trudy Shenk, accredited researcher and one of the compilers of the Wuerttemberg Emigration Index,11 agreed to review the marriage records of Johann Jacob, Johann Jerg, and Veit Mannber and to assist in identifying their varying birth places. She verified the place names noted above as having been accurately transcribed and concluded that the parish clerk must have had no clear idea of the origin of the three young men. As Onolzbach was common as a place of origin to two of the men, since it was the former name for Ansbach, and since Ansbach is located in what is now Bavaria, Ms. Shenk suggested a search in the Ortschaften‑Vereichnis für den Freistaat Bayern, a gazeteer for Bavaria listing every vill­age and hamlet. No Hochlingen or Bachlingen was found, but Hechlingen was listed as a village of about 750 inhabitants, located 19 kilometers east of Ottingen in the Oberamt of Nord­lingen in Mittelfranken, an area in northern Bavaria.12 Finding the Records Unfortunately, the FHL collection does not include a microfilmed record of the Hechlingen parish records. As a substitute Ms. Shenk suggested the Brenner collection, a microfilmed series of family group sheets and other materials extracted from 97 parish registers in the Franconian area of Ansbach‑Bayreuth. The Hech­lingen parish records had not been extracted, but a quick review of the alphabetized names yielded the finding that the name Mamber/Mambar occurs in Mittelfranken.13 Further support for this notion came from a search of the FHL family registry index. One researcher reported that she was seeking information on an Apollonia Mannbahr, 1758‑1804, from Merkendorf, a town about 17 kilometers southeast of the city of Ansbach.14 Writing to Germany Michael Palmer, Research Director of the German Genealogical Societyof America, provided addresses for institutions or people to whom towrite: the Geselleschaft für Familienforschung im Franken [the Franconian Genealogical Society],15 the Pfarramt [pastorate] of Hechlingen,16 and E. Mambar, a possible relative, living in nearby Hohentrüdingen, about two kilometers from Hech­lingen.17 Letters were drafted‑‑and translated into German‑‑directed to each of the three. Replies were soon forthcoming. 1. The Possible Relative. The letter to E. Mambar included the names of the three Mannber men, their fathers, and their likely birthdates; in addition, the possibility of a relationship was suggested. Within three weeks Frau Emma Mambar replied, sending an elaborately detailed Stammbaum [family tree] which contained many of the same Christian names found in the Mannber family of Ochsenbach. She reported one striking coincidence: a Georg Michael Mamber, who was a baker, hadalso emigrated to America‑‑about 100 years after the author's identically named ancestor‑‑and had later returned home.18 Unfortunately, her family tree did not go back quite far enough to allow for a link in the two families, although it seems plausible that one could be found given adequate records. 2. The Genealogical Society. The letter directed to the genealogical society in Nürnberg gave the same information on the three Mannbers of Ochsenbach and requested the name of a member who would be able, on commission, to prepare a paper explaining the history of the period involved and to be able to offer a good reason for the emigration of the three young men to Ochsenbach. It was noted that confirmation of the hypothesis that the young men had come from Hechlingen was being sought from the Pfarrer, but that their origin was almost certain. Within about eight weeks a reply arrived recommending a particular genealogist and providing a reason for the move: We cannot explain why this family in the Margravate of Ansbach emigrated to Ochsenbach. If, however, your ancestor was a forestry assistant, the reason for emi­grating might have been that Duke Eberhard IIIof Wurt­temberg erected a hunting castle and animal preserve [which is located very close to Ochsenbach]. The ruling houses of Württemberg and Brandenburg‑Ansbach repeatedly intermarried and exchanged employees back and forth.19 This was an interesting piece of news because Veit Mannber's occupation at the time of the baptism of his children was Mayor [supervisor]of the Duke's Tiergarten, [forestry preserve].20 3. The Pastor. A letter was sent to the pastor giving the names of the three men and requesting their baptismal records. To aid his search, their fathers' names, and their probable baptis­mal dates were also given. These dates were based on the ages given at death ofJohann Jacob and Johann Jerg; Veit's death record had not yet been located, but based on his later marriage date, it was suggested that he might have been slightly younger than Johann Jacob.21 After four months photocopies of the baptismal records for all threeboys were received, Johann Jacob Mamber, the son of Martin and Margaretha (‑?‑), was baptized 24 August 1681, and his brot­her Veit was baptized 21 August 1683. Johann Georg Mamber, the son of Hanns Michaeland Apollonia (‑?‑) Mamber, was baptized on 3 October 1681. Their surname was spelled Mamber and not Mannber as the Ochsenbach parish register had incorrectly recorded it for over 100 years. The pastor volunteered the interesting inform­ation that the name "Mamber" was common in the Kirchenbuch records of the 17th century. Follow‑up Herr Georg Fick, of Ansbach and a member of the Franconian Genea­logical Society, has since researched the Hechlingen Kirchenbuch and hastraced the family to 1621, as far back as the records go. He reconstructed the family of Martin and Margaretha (‑?‑) Mam­ber, showing that Johann Jacob and Veit were the fourth and fifth of eight children and reported that Martin had been a Maurer (mason). Herr Fick discovered that he had been baptized Martin Wilhelm, the son of Paul and ‑?‑(‑?‑) Mambrecht, 17 April 1640, the earliest variant spelling. Unfortunately, most of the bap­tisms for that time period were missing, soHerr Fick was unable to reconstruct the family of Paul Mambrecht. Finally, he re­ported on all other Mamber families located in the records between 1621 and 1700.22 Herr Fick also forwarded a tourist pamphlet on Ansbach, which reported that the city was formerly named Onolzbach and was first mentionedas a municipality in 1221, whether as "Ansbach" or as "Onolzbach" the brochure did not make clear.23 In 1990, my husband and I visited Hechlingen and the surrounding area. It is a much larger village than Ochsenbach and was perhaps also larger in the early 18th century when the Mambers emigrated from there. It seems likely that Ochsenbach, which was very poor in the early to mid 18th century, had suffered a population loss and that there were opportunities there for the Mambers. Notes and References *This paper is adapted from Helen Hinchliff, “Using Collateral Relatives to Locate a 17th-Century German Ancestor,” German Genealogical Society Bulletin 4 (Jan. Feb. 1990), 7-11. Helen Hinchliff is an eighth-generation descendant of Michael Mumper who, between 1983 and 1989, identified many of Michael Mumper’s descendants to the eighth generation. That work will be uploaded onto the Internet as time permits.Information in this biography may be used in for private research and should be attributed to me. For further information, contact me at 1. Evangelische Kirche, Ochsenbach Birth Records, 1558‑1740. FHL 1184602. 2. Ibid. Ochsenbach Marriage Records, 1564‑1740. 3. Brockhaus Enzyklopaedie, 20 vols., 1966; Myers Enzyklo­paedisches Lexicon, 25 vols., 1971; Das Bertlesmann Lexicon, 7 vols, 1966; Der Grosse Herder, 9 vols, 1957. 4. Deutscher Generalatlas, (Stuttgart: Mairs Geographischer Verlag,1967). 5. Evangelische Kirche, Bachlingen, Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records, 1586‑1800, FHL 1340112. 6. Ochsenbach Marriage Records, 1564‑1740, FHL 1184602. 7. Ibid. 8. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed., s.v. "Ansbach." 9. Ibid., s.v. "Germany." 10. Brockhaus Enzyklopaedie, 1966 ed., s.v. "Ansbach." 11. Trudy Shenk and Ruth Froelke, comps. The Wuerttemberg Emigration Index, 5 vols. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1987). Although this index should be consulted for 19th century emigrants from Wurttemberg, it may provide clues for 18th century emigrants with rare or unusual names. Christina Mamber emigrated from Ochsenbach in January 1855 to North America at age 25 (I:126). The only Mamber in the index, she was a great grand­niece of Georg Michael Mannber/ Mamber/Mumper, who emigrated from the same village in 1751. 12. Ortschaften‑Verzeichnis für den Freistaat Bayern, nach der Volkszahlung vom 16 Juni 1925 und dem Gebietsstand vom 1. Januar 1928, Heft 109, der Beitrage zur Statistik Bayerns, p. 1240. 13. Tobias Brenner, "Brenner Collection of Genealogical Records of Mittelfranken, Bayern, Germany." 764 microfilm reels. FHL 541918. 14. Isolde Nishino, 25400 Village Road, Hemet, CA, 92344, (714) 658‑9211. "Manbahr" is a variant spelling of Mannber/Mam­ber/Mumper andwas the first recorded spelling of the Mumper family in America, when Christina, the daughter of Michael and Margaretha Manbahr was baptized in York County, Pa., 19 Aug. 1760. Henry James Young, trans. "The Union Register of the Lower Bermudian Church in Huntington (now Latimore) Township [York, now Adams County], 1745‑1864," (manuscript: Adams County Historical Society, Gettysburg), 6 (no. 108). 15. Geselleschaft für Familienforschung im Franken, Archiv­strasse 17, D‑8500 Nurnberg 10, Federal Republic of Germany. 16. Evang.‑Luth. Pfarramt Hechlingen, Kirchenstrasse 4, 8824 Hechlingen am See, Federal Republic of Germany. 17. E. Mambar, Obere Zeil 1, Hohentrudingen, D8824 Heiden­heim, Federal Republic of Germany. 18. This immigrant was easily located in a list of 19th century German immigrants. Michael Mammbar emigrated from Ham­burg to New York, arriving 21 May 1851, was 32 years old, and his occupation was baker. Ira A. Glazer and P. William Filby, eds. Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, 1850‑1855, 7 vols. (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1988, I:515. 19. Letter of Herr Bullemer to Helen Hinchliff, 27 Jan. 1989. 20. Ochsenbach, Baptism Records, 1558‑1740. Veit Mannber had children baptized on the following dates: 13 July 1719, 21 September 1720, 21 May 1722, 2 May 1724, 17 May 1727, and 15 June 1729. The first entry of an occupation for him was as "Mayor" of the "Tiergarten") in 1727. 21. Hans Jacob Mannber died 22 Dec. 1729, aged 48 years, 18 weeks, and 4 days; Ochsenbach, Death Records, 1650‑1740; Hans Jerg Mannber died 22 Nov. 1748, aged 67 years, and seven weeks. Ibid., 1740‑1795.A birth year of 1681 could be estimated for both men. 22. Report of Herr Fick to Helen Hinchliff, 25 July 1989. In his report Herr Fick noted the following major gaps in the records: (1) theearliest baptismal record in the Kirchenbuch was 1621, but the baptisms for 1633‑1637 and 1641 to 1660 were miss­ing (consequently, it was not possible to reconstruct the sib­lings of Martim Wilhelm Mambrecht/Mamber); (2) marriage records prior to 1693 were missing (consequently, it was not possible to find the marriage record of Martin Wilhelm and his wife Margar­etha, or of Martin Wilhelm's father Paul and his unnamed wife); and (3) the death records began in 1621, but thosebetween 1633 and 1719 were missing (consequently, it was not possible to affix death dates for Paul, his wife, nor of Martin Wilhelm andhis wife Margaretha). 23. "Ansbach Information," Municipal Tourist Office, Ans­bach, 1984. The German Origins of Michael Mumper of Ochsenbach and York County, Pennsylvania Veröffentlicht 06 Feb 2016 von kmumper1 (reprinted with permission from Tracing the Mumper Trail 3: Climbingthe Family Tree (c) 1989 by Helen Hinchliff, Ph.D.) Michael Mumper, who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1751, was baptisedin the village of Ochsenbach in the Duchy of Wurttemberg 23 January 1724. His last name was usually written "Mannber" in the Ochsenbach church records, but when he came to America, it evolved from "Mannber"to "Mamber" to "Mumper." When I refer to his family name in Germany,the name "Mamber" will be used because that is the way the name is spelled in Ochsenbach today. His father, Hans Jacob Mamber, who married Maria Catharina Wolff 18 June 1709 in Ochsenbach, was not an Ochsenbacher by birth. The Ochsenbach marriage record showed that his home village was "Bachlingen" inthe Margravate of Onolzbach. (A German margrave was similar in status to a French count or an English earl). Onolzbach is the former name for the Margravate of Ansbach. Today, all that remains of this political entity is the city of Ansbach which is located about 37 kilometers southwest of Nuremberg in Bavaria. In the 17th century the Margravate of Ansbach, which was controlled by the Hohenzollern family, included the surrounding area and, for a time, was associated with Beyreuth and Brandenburg. (It should be noted that for much of its history there was no Germany as such. Instead, it was a conglomeration of small, often warring states called duchies, margravates, principalities, imperial free cities, and bishoprics.) Finding the correct village in what is now Bavaria was difficult, because the name "Bachlingen" was an error. To correctly identify Hans Jacob's home village, I researched the marriage records for his brother Veit and for his possible cousin Hans Georg Mamber, both of whom married in Ochsenbach. Veit's marriage record said that he was from Hechlingen (no margravate given) and Hans Georg's record said that he was from "Hochlingen" in the margravate of Brandenburg/Onolzbach. The reference to Brandenburg put me off temporarily until I learned that the Hohenzolerns acquired it in 1411. In a Gazeteer for the German State of Bavaria I found a reference toHechlingen, a village about 50 kilometers southeast of the city of Ansbach. This is an area of Germany known as Mittelfranken or Central Franconia. I wrote to the village pastor asking for a birth record for Hans Jacob Mamber, whom I had reckoned from his age at death to have been born in 1681. Hans Jacob, the son of Martin Mamber, was baptised in Hechlingen on 4 August 1681. The pastor reported that the name "Mamber" occurs frequently in the church records. 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